In order to make the movie "A Better Tomorrow", Shen Zhe also spent a lot of money and found two movie stars who had worked together before. One was Cheng Mingdao, who played Song Zihao. One is Liang Hongwei, who plays Ah Cheng. ant
Unlike the box office poison "Fa Ge" and the has-been actor "Ti Lung", Cheng Mingdao and Liang Hongwei are both popular actors.
In other words, Shen Zhe, Cheng Mingdao, and Liang Hongwei all have some friendship, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to invite these two people.
Of course, friendship is friendship. If it weren't for the excellent script of "A Better Tomorrow", Cheng Mingdao and Liang Hongwei would not have been able to star in it. When they have reached that point, ordinary scripts cannot impress them at all, and even if they want to return a favor, they will not make fun of their own reputation.
Before deciding to play Song Zihao and Ah Cheng, Cheng Mingdao and Liang Hongwei were most concerned about who would play the other protagonist "Brother Xiao Ma". This is also the reason why Shen Zhe strongly invited Wang Xuan to play the role of Xiao Ma. How many actors in the industry can let go in front of Cheng Mingdao and Liang Hongwei?
Playing with Cheng Mingdao and Liang Hongwei was very stressful, and they were easily crushed to pieces.
But Shen Zhe knew that Wang Xuan could do it.
Regardless of identity or status, Wang Xuan is not inferior to the two movie kings. Even in terms of acting skills, Wang Xuan probably won't be inferior to the two best actors. Chen Kai once said that the actors in the film and television dramas shot by Wang Xuan were all trained by Wang Xuan, and even those veteran actors were very convinced by Wang Xuan. ant
After learning that Wang Xuan would personally star in "Little Ma", Cheng Mingdao and Liang Hongwei were secretly relieved.
Although Wang Xuan has not acted in a scene yet, based on Wang Xuan's performance in the "Actor" program and various rumors in the market, Wang Xuan's acting skills are at least passable, if not perfect. In addition, the script was written by Wang Xuan, and Wang Xuan must have a deeper understanding of the character "Brother Ma" than anyone else.
Another point is that if they can catch up with Wang Xuan, the two movie stars would also be happy. Regardless of Wang Xuan's status, just saying that Wang Xuan is a top screenwriter is worthy of their friendship. God knows what kind of scripts Wang Xuan can write in the future.
The two movie stars even secretly decided in their hearts that if Wang Xuan did not perform well, they would even be willing to patiently give Wang Xuan pointers.
That's what they thought, but when they started acting, the two movie stars realized that Wang Xuan didn't need their training at all, and the acting skills he showed were really not inferior to them. In the first scene between the three of them, Liang Hongwei, who played Ah Cheng, was almost overpowered by Wang Xuan.
It was a rivalry scene with all three of them present.
"A Better Tomorrow" roughly tells the story: Song Zihao and Mark, important members of the international counterfeit banknote syndicate, are brothers and sisters. When Song Zihao and his subordinate Tan Cheng went to Taipei for business, they were betrayed by Song Zihao and suffered gunshot wounds and were arrested and imprisoned. In order to avenge his brother, Mark went to Taiwan alone. Although he avenged Song Zihao, he was accidentally beaten and crippled. His status in the world plummeted, and Song Zihao's father also died. Song Zijie, who has always regarded Song Zihao as his idol, hated him deeply after learning his brother's true identity, and vowed to use his identity as a police officer to wipe out the gang forces. After Song Zihao was released from prison, he decided to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, despite the dissuasion of Mark, who was waiting for him to severely damage his glory. However, he could not get Song Zijie's forgiveness. At this time, Tan Cheng, who had become the gang boss, wanted to cooperate with Song Zihao again. After being rejected, he threatened to harm Song Zijie and was forced to have no choice. Song Zihao decided to join forces with Mark to fight against the powerful enemy. ant
The first three-person scene with Wang Xuan, Liang Hongwei, and Cheng Mingdao was on the eve of Song Zihao's departure for Taiwan. Brother Xiao Ma, Brother Hao, and Ah Cheng sat together and reminisced about the past.
The plot is like this. Because of his younger brother Song Zijie, Song Zihao plans to go to Taiwan to finish his last counterfeit money business and get rid of the money. Song Zihao was afraid that the trip to Taiwan would not go well, so he asked Xiao Ma Ge to stay in Xiangjiang. If something happened to him, Xiao Ma Ge would take over his place and take over the brothers in Xiangjiang.
Xiao Ma said that he couldn't cover it up, and then made a joke about Acheng, asking Song Zihao to give way to Acheng, saying that Acheng was like a little godfather. Ah Cheng smiled sternly when he heard this and asked Xiao Ma not to make fun of him. Then he flattered Brother Hao and said that he couldn't do it without Brother Hao. He still had a lot to learn from Brother Hao.
Xiaoma Ge satirized Ah Cheng: "You can learn it if you want to? Don't think that you can become the boss by reading two more mafia books. Have you ever had a gun pointed at your head?
? No. ” Then Xiao Ma began to share his and Song Zihao’s first experience of bringing goods to Indonesia twelve years ago.
Knowing that Wang Xuan would be filming with the two movie stars, many actors from Tianhai came over and planned to visit. Chen Kai also came over, preparing to give live commentary to Tianhai's actors.
everything's ready.
Shen Zhe stared at the monitor. ant
"The third scene, the first shot, the first time, let's begin!"
As the recording sounds, the camera moves from far to near.
It was a music restaurant with elegant lighting, and there were many extras inside. The camera turned, and a close-up shot focused on Xiao Ma Ge, played by Wang Xuan. He sat at the dining table with an unlit cigarette in the corner of his mouth. He leaned forward slightly. After doing the hand movements, he leaned back a little. Then he raised his eyes, looked at the opposite side, and said, "It's decided. ?」
Following Wang Xuan's gaze, Song Zihao appeared in the camera, with his eyebrows lowered, extinguishing the burnt cigarette butt in his hand, and saying: "After this job, stop." With this line, Cheng Mingdao He didn't say it all at once, but after saying "finish this job", he deliberately paused and looked up at Wang Xuan before saying the next sentence.
Cheng Daoming finished speaking, and Ah Cheng appeared in the camera.
At this time, Wang Xuan had already lit a match, nodded and lit a cigarette, then put the match in front of his eyes, blew it out with his mouth, and blew smoke out of his nostrils and mouth at the same time.
Seeing Wang Xuan's actions, everyone at the scene was stunned. I think this action is too cool. Moreover, Wang Xuan's expression, eyes, movements of holding a cigarette, and smoking movements make anyone look at him and think that he is a long-time smoker. ant
Question: Many people know that Wang Xuan does not smoke. Because Wang Xuan has never been seen smoking.
"How did you do it?" Many people were curious.
Is it possible to really have such superb acting skills? Can you even act like a chain smoker?
There was no time for everyone to investigate.
After Wang Xuan blew out the smoke, he said, "For your brother?" After that, he skillfully put the cigarette into his mouth and took a puff.
Cheng Mingdao nodded and looked at Wang Xuan: "You don't have to go to Taiwan Island for business tomorrow."
After Cheng Mingdao finished saying this, Ah Cheng, played by Liang Hongwei, appeared on camera for the first time. When Song Zihao asked Xiao Ma not to go to Taiwan with him, his expression was a little subtle and a little excited. ant
Song Zihao then said, "If something happens to me, you will be here to take care of me. From now on, you will be in charge of the brothers."
Hearing Song Zihao's words, Wang Xuan squinted his eyes, took a puff of cigarette calmly, and slowly exhaled the smoke. He shook his head and said with a joking expression: "I can't cover you up. I'd better give up my seat to Ah Cheng."
Wang Xuan said, patting Ah Cheng's face frivolously and continued: "He's quite like a little godfather."
These actions shocked Shen Zhe, Chen Kai and even the two best actors, and were shocked by Wang Xuan's acting skills. They have all read the script and know the plot and the mannerisms of Brother Ma, but they are just words. The two movie stars and two well-known directors have thought about how to express those manners, but with Wang Xuan Comparing this set of movements, it was found that they did not think enough about the image Wang Xuan displayed.
Wang Xuan really brought the script to life. His smoking movements were so skillful that anyone who took a quick look would think that he must be a long-time smoker. The joking he showed with his eyes, facial expressions, and head movements was enough to be written into a textbook. Anyone who saw Wang Xuan's actions knew that after hearing Song Zihao's words, he didn't believe it at all and took it seriously. He didn't believe anything would go wrong during Song Zihao's trip to Taiwan Island, because they had done this kind of business many times before, and except for some difficulties at the beginning, everything went smoothly afterwards.
He said that he would give way to Ah Cheng. When Ah Cheng was a little godfather, his tone, actions, words and deeds were all very frivolous, like a bully teasing a good woman. It can also be seen from this that Xiao Ma didn't take Acheng seriously at this time, and regarded Acheng as a follower who would come and go as he was called.
Anyway, the two directors and the two movie stars were shocked. ant
Even though they are dissatisfied with Wang Xuan's acting skills,
I had some confidence, but I really didn’t expect that Wang Xuan’s acting skills would reach such an extent. After all, Wang Xuan has never filmed a serious scene before.
But what shocked them even more was yet to come.
After Ah Cheng heard Xiao Ma's teasing, he smiled a little arrogantly and said, "Brother Xiao Ma, please stop teasing me." Then he looked at Song Zihao and said flatteringly: "Brother Hao, no You and we can't handle it. I still have a lot to learn from you."
Liang Hongwei deserves to be the best actor. The character of Acheng in "A Better Tomorrow" is an ambitious and ruthless person. But at this time, Acheng looks like a loyal and honest person who is harmless to both humans and animals. He is quite the kind of neighbor. Big boy taste.
No wonder Song Zihao fell into Acheng's hands.
After Ah Cheng finished speaking, Wang Xuan spoke up: "You can learn it if you want to?" He bit a toothpick in his mouth and pointed at Ah Cheng with the finger holding the cigarette, "Don't think that you have to read two more Mafia books. If you read the book, you can become the boss."
When he said this, the contempt and ridicule in Wang Xuan's tone was not concealed at all. ant
After Wang Xuan finished speaking, he paused and kept looking at Ah Cheng. The expressions in his eyes and facial expressions are very rich, and they are all theatrical. Anyone can tell at a glance that Xiao Ma, at this time, really doesn't look down on Ah Cheng at all, as if he is looking at a frog in the well.
Then Wang Xuan pointed at Ah Cheng's head with his cigarette-holding finger and said, "Have you ever had a gun pointed at your head?"
Before Ah Cheng could speak, Wang Xuan shook his head again and asked himself: "No."
He paused and then said: "Twelve years ago..." After speaking, he looked at Song Zihao and confirmed: "Twelve years?"
After getting Song Zihao's approval, Wang Xuan began to tell Ah Cheng about an experience twelve years ago: It was the first time he and Song Zihao brought goods to Indonesia, and the boss there invited them to a nightclub to help them catch the wind. He said something wrong and offended the boss. Two guns were pointed at his head and he was forced to drink the entire bottle of whiskey. He was so frightened that he wet his pants. Fortunately, Brother Hao helped him drink it all, but it turned out that he couldn't do it without drinking, and it was even more troublesome after drinking. Then they pointed four guns at their heads. Make them drink urine, drink urine in nightclubs.
When talking about this experience, Wang Xuan's performance was really amazing. His line skills are very solid, just like a storyteller, vivid and melody, from body language to facial expressions to eyes, everything is perfectly combined.
Anyway, the two movie kings and two great directors were shocked. They really didn't expect that Wang Xuan's line skills would reach such an extent. Let's put it this way, Cheng Mingdao's line skills are among the best in the entire film and television industry, but compared with Wang Xuan's line skills at this time, it's hard to say which one is stronger or weaker. ant
Liang Hongwei was almost put under pressure by Wang Xuan because when Wang Xuan told him about this experience, he kept facing him. His body movements, eyes, and expressions were all drama. For a moment, Liang Hongwei even forgot about Wang Xuan. In reality, he seems to have become Ah Cheng in "A Better Tomorrow", while Wang Xuan has become Xiao Ma in "A Better Tomorrow".
At this time, the gap between his status and that of Brother Ma was very big. In front of Brother Ma, he was just a younger brother. Therefore, even though Xiao Ma's words and Xiao Ma's behavior made him feel very uncomfortable, he did not dare to show it at all.
Fortunately, Liang Hongwei was worthy of being the best actor. He was only slightly distracted for a while before he came back to his senses and adjusted in time, otherwise he might make a fool of himself in public.
In fact, it is normal to sometimes be out of shape when acting and to be overpowered by your opponents. But ever since he won the Best Actor, especially after winning three Best Actors in 7 years, Liang Hongwei has never had the taste of being suppressed by others. He has always been the only one who suppresses others, and even if he cannot suppress them, they are at most evenly matched.
Unexpectedly, he was almost suppressed in front of Wang Xuan. This shocked him. Liang Hongwei was really curious about how Wang Xuan developed his acting skills. It should be noted that his own acting skills only gradually improved after starring in a series of film and television dramas. What about Wang Xuan? You have never acted in a regular film or television drama. Are there really geniuses in this world?
The people present were also shocked by Wang Xuan's acting skills.
After watching Wang Xuan's performance, I realized that a person's eyes and facial expressions can be so rich. panic,
Confusion, anger, fear, unwillingness, grievance, helplessness, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, were all shown in Wang Xuan's eyes and expressions. ant
But what’s even more shocking is yet to come.
After recounting that experience, Wang Xuan said to Song Zihao with some regret, "This is how we did our first business."
Song Zihao said: "Don't mention the past anymore."
"No." Wang Xuan shook his head and paused.
"In all my life, I have never cried."
"That was the first time I shed tears."
"I swear that I will never let anyone point a gun at my head again."
If Wang Xuan's previous acting skills can be described as explosive, then Wang Xuan's performance in this line is enough to be called a classic. His tone, eyes, expressions, and body language were all arrogant and domineering, completely displaying the image of a gangster brother.
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